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a blog about the intersection of science, art, and culture by Jessica Palmer, PhD
Jessica Palmer has a PhD in Molecular Biology and has been blogging about the intersection of art and biology since 2006.
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The contents of this blog are the personal opinions of the author, independent of any organizations with which she is affiliated, and should not be construed as professional advice.
Category: Biology
Cell Division IV Michele Banks DC area artist Michele Banks has donated one of her cell division watercolors to raise funds for art outreach. Check out the online auction - the painting is matted and framed and currently going...
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Category: Blogosphere
On Wednesday, I gave a breakout session talk on science policy jobs at MIT. I love talking about science policy, so it's not too hard to get me to do it - it's harder to get me to stop -...
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Category: Biology
David Clarke, president of the DC chapter of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators (a great group that I considered joining once, long ago and several careers away), just passed along an invitation to an event next week. The...
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Category: Web 2.0, New Media, and Gadgets
From a post by Erin Fitzgerald, a DoD Science Policy Fellow who consulted on the design of Mattel's new "Computer Engineer Barbie:" It might seem silly to get excited about a new Barbie doll. But, to me, she will...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:58 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Film, Video & Music
One of the DC bands I like, Honor By August, has a new cd out- and the cover (the e-cover at least, I haven't seen a hard copy) plays with biomedical imagery. Sweet - love the little bird! I'd...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 9:21 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: DC
This is kind of cool: For the second year in a row, AAAS [the American Association for the Advancement of Science] will be arranging hands-on science activities for children attending the White House Easter Egg Roll.AAAS was invited by the...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 11:16 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Biology
Good idea: the National Zoo is letting us name its Giant Pacific octopus. Bad idea: the names. All four are terrible: Olympus: This octopus arrived at the Zoo just before the 2010 Winter Olympics, and for many zoogoers the...
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Category: Biology
touch-screen access to the inside of the human body
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Category: Journalism
and it's Chris Mooney's fault this time!
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Category: Science in Culture & Policy
Many of the commenters on my earlier post about the so-called wisdom of crowds, "Science is not a democracy," have expressed distaste for the phrase "scientific consensus." I don't really share that distaste, and here's why. To me, it's like...
Posted by Jessica Palmer at 6:19 PM • 15 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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